Will you be voting more for Obama or mainly against Romney?

[quinnox]

I will be voting against Romney and the republicans, not really for Obama as in excitement or enthusiasm for him...To be honest, he has been pretty disappointing as president, speaking as an emphatic liberal. Not going to start listing all the problems I have with certain policies, but suffice it to say he is no progressive champion.

How about you? Are you really excited about an Obama second term, and are voting for him with enthusiasm, or is it more of a case of stopping the republicans from getting in and ruining the country again?

[CabCurious]

1. 110% for Obama

and another 50% against Romney.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. 125% for Obama.

[CabCurious]

109. I'm changing to 126%!!!

[avebury]

3. Totally for Obama. nt

[get the red out]

4. For President Obama of course

I very much like President Obama, and feel he has held things together pretty well considering what he was left with. I trust the President and we are on the same page on most issues.

I like no Republican candidates, I despise their platform and consider their stand on the vast majority of issues morally reprehensible.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. I will absolutely be voting for President Obama.

The nation needs four more years of him as president.

[jwirr]

6. For Obama.

[HockeyMom]

7. Asked that question of Independents

and moderate Republicans. They all said against Romney. A vote for Obama is a vote for Obama regardless of WHY.

I am voting for Obama. This is not a primary so the why for me is irrelevant as a Democrat.

[quinnox]

11. yep, same here

I agree about the direction of the country and recent politics trends as well.

[CabCurious]

21. Honest and fair points. Just remember...

One man cannot bring the change we wanted to believe in... especially if Congress is controlled by reactionaries.

Instead of looking to Obama for chance, we should look to our local politics and improving our discourse.

[BlueToTheBone]

42. Indeed. Whining does nothing

registering voters empowers the citizens.

[Capn Sunshine]

108. not all honest opinions are whining

but the OP sure is.

the raison d'etre of much of the left involves never accepting things as they are, but working to improve them. This is hard to balance. Especially when there is so much misery on this earth. The idea that any President is the sole answer is just ridiculous. By definition , the President is President of ALL the people. That includes a lot of folks to the right of the far left. But you definitely want a guy there who is sympathetic to your cause, and able to push things left.

[Summer Hathaway]

52. Well, you just go ahead and do what you see fit, dear

I'm so sorry that you aren't thrilled to vote for Obama again. As we all know, your being thrilled is what the nation wants, desires, and ultimately needs.

[Romulox]

69. Poster not comfortable with the concept of "democracy". nt

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA n/t

[Xyzse]

10. Voting Against Romney and that D-Bag Ryan

Granted, I am somewhat happier with Obama nowadays.

However, think of it this way, even if I were to think positive of Obama, Romney's and Ryan's negatives far far outstrip my optimism for Obama.

You ask which one affects me more.
I find Romney as a deluded sociopath who enjoys cruelty and found the same thing on his running mate.

So yeah, I am voting against that.

[HappyMe]

12. FOR Obama

[PowerToThePeople]

13. Both

Great thing is, I can do both with a single vote.

[loyalsister]

14. FOR OBAMA!

With pride and enthusiasm.

[Curtland1015]

15. Eh... 75% for Obama. 25% against Repigs.

I'm not happy with everything Obama did, but honestly I doubt ANYONE could be elect who I'd like EVERYTHING they did.

I think overall he's doing a really good job.

[Chorophyll]

16. Both! nt

[Marrah_G]

17. Against Romney

[glacierbay]

18. More for Obama

which, I guess, is also against Romney.

[TwilightGardener]

19. For Obama. Very definitely, absolutely FOR.

[rox63]

20. Both - For Obama AND against Romney n/t

[beveeheart]

22. Voting for President Obama with enthusiasm!

[LibGranny]

23. for Obama along with most of my family!

Although, I too, am somewhat disappointed more wasn't accomplished during his first term, I realize he had to deal with that bunch of idiots (aka Repubs) who stood in the way of any kind of progress - unless it was against abortion! I would vote for him just based on the fact that he's married to Michelle and not her highness Ann Rmoney!

[NightWatcher]

24. On the flip side, few repukes will vote for Rmoney as much as will vote against Obama

I just dont see negativity being a strong GOTV effort on their behalf if they are not excited about R/R

[Gothmog]

25. FOR President Obama

[soleft]

26. Very enthusiastically voting for President Obama

And I say that as a very left liberal.

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. Yes.

Without question.

[pampango]

28. That's a tough call. Hugely FOR Obama and hugely AGAINST romney. n/t

[dawg]

29. Against Romney.

I have the highest personal regards for the President, but he is very much a centrist and even a little bit conservative on economic matters. Obama has taken the positions that Republicans would be taking in a sane country. No one is standing up for the liberal side of things, at least with regard to economic issues.

[dmosh42]

30. Against Romney and the 1%!

[kimbutgar]

31. For President Obama and saving our country. Rmoney is the corporate candidate who doesn't give a

shit about the American people. He only wants to eliminate the estate tax for himself and turn this country into a Mormon one. Check out the White Horse Prophecy. Mitt thinks he is the one.

[SalviaBlue]

32. FOR OBAMA!!

[rrneck]

33. I'll be voting for

the liberal we get after the Biden presidency. It's gonna take a while to straighten this mess out and I'm thinking in terms of a continuum.

[1-Old-Man]

34. Against Romney, I've found President Obama disappointing, particularly the first 2 years.

To be honest about it I see Nancy Pelosi as the only Democrat who saved the first two years of his term. I'll cast my vote for Obama, no doubt about that, but I don't do so with any particular enthusiasm.

[sadbear]

35. FOR

It doesn't matter who the republicans put forward.

[Dawgs]

36. AGAINST ROMNEY!!!!!

And hope that Obama moves much farther to the left.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

37. Sorry you are disappointed. I was thinking about how people say he didn't change anything.

I DISAGREE. Just think about how he has restored intelligence and graciousness and truth. He is always respectful and hopefully the way other countries view us has changed. He can't change everything because he is stuck with a repuke House.

I am proud of our country once again (100% happy when we are out of Afg. and cut military budget)....and I never thought I'd ever say that again

[grantcart]

38. You win the award for the most pointless but most divisive thread possible.

How does it help establish common cause to, at this point, seek to engage in more useless discussion on motivation and political purety that's sole purpose is to divide us rather than unite us.

Congratulations.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. Against Romney

There is much that I like about the president but also much that I have problems with. But Romney is out of the question.

[MadHound]

40. As I have for the past thirty plus years, I will be voting for the lesser of two evils,

And that would mean I'm voting against Romney.

Hard to get enthused about a candidate who governs from a center, center right position, but it is better than letting batshit crazy get the nod.

[Spirochete]

41. More against Romney

but also for giving Obama another chance. I'm interested to see what he'll do in a second term. Not like we have anything to lose by reelecting him. The only alternative is just unthinkable.

[vaberella]

43. I am a full on Obama supporter. n/t

[jillan]

44. 100% for Obama/Biden.

[coalition_unwilling]

46. Voting against Romney, Ryan and the Rape-publicans - n/t

[ananda]

47. Against Romney and the Reeps.

nt

[DefenseLawyer]

48. I'll be voting for the President

but because of Guantanamo and military tribunals and indefinite detention and drones and Afghanistan and his ridiculous attacks on medical marijuana I'm not a max donor like I was last time. It's the only way I know of to express my disappointment in the administration.

[donheld]

49. Against Rmoney/ryan

[Egalitarian Thug]

50. 68.397506682 % against Rmoney.

I voted 100% for change four years ago, and got an administrator that works very hard at not changing anything that might upset somebody somewhere, and who especially doesn't want to upset any of the people that hate him with the white-hot passion of a thousand suns.

[DonCoquixote]

51. at this point, it does not matter

We tried voting for third parties before, only to find that Rush Limbaugh was encouraging people to vote for Ralph Nader. There may be a viable third party someday, but in 2012, the key is to keep Mitt, Ryan, and their master, Grover Norquist, out of power. At this point, nothing else matters.

[IgnatiusReilly]

54. You can't keep them out of power

Dems will not take both houses with large enough majorities to block the pukes.

We get 4 more years of gridlock and obstruction no matter how you slice it.

[Systematic Chaos]

55. Welcome to DU. As painful as it is to do so, I'm finding myself agreeing with you completely.

Unless Obama wins and goes completely rogue against the establishment as a lame duck, it won't matter much in the end.

My thought this election cycle is, do we want our fascism crawling along or sprinting?

[IgnatiusReilly]

58. Sums up the election perfectly 'do we want our fascism crawling along or sprinting?'

To many are not paying attention and are treating this election as a sporting event, even the majority here does it, few see the real picture and are paying attention.

For what it is worth Nancy's "Impeachment is off the table" and Obama's REFUSAL to go after the Bush Admin for war crimes made fascism A-OK and acceptable in America now.

[ProSense]

64. Well,

POTUS O gets no Yard Sign, no bumper sticker, no donations, no phone banks, no knocking on doors, zero, nada nothing, you want money and help go see the bluedogs you love so much.

<...>

IMHO he should have been primaried.

...he wasn't. In fact, this entire question is chickenshit nonsense. I mean, at this point its only purpose is to declare: I don't like Obama (and likely never did.)

I'm voting 100 percent for Obama and 300 percent against Romney (or any other fucking Repubican they put up).

It's not like another Republican would have made the decision harder.

I'm fucking fired up and ready to vote for the President who expanded Medicaid to 16 million people, strengthened Medicare, advanced gay and women's rights, moved forward on environmental issues, enacted Wall Street reform and more.

[IgnatiusReilly]

68. Too Funny, I actually liked Pres Obama and voted for him

gave money and time.

Perhaps I believed his BS, perhaps I believed he really did want real change.

Glad you are fired up and glad it makes you happy.

Lets see how happy you are are in a few more years when the reality smacks you in your face.

[ProSense]

71. No, you're

Too Funny, I actually liked Pres Obama and voted for him

gave money and time.

Perhaps I believed his BS, perhaps I believed he really did want real change.

Glad you are fired up and glad it makes you happy.

Lets see how happy you are are in a few more years when the reality smacks you in your face.

...too funny. What "reality" would that be?

I mean, anyone can say any damn thing. Ask Mitt.

[woo me with science]

85. Well...

Prosense is a special case. Prosense has a job.

[ProSense]

89. Since you

"Prosense is a special case. Prosense has a job."

...know me so well, what "job" would that be? Or are you now imposing your conspiracy theories on other posters?

You know what, it must really suck to be anti-Obama, and have to come to terms with the fact that most people see him as a damn good President.

[sakabatou]

56. Why not both? They're not mutually exclusive.

[Arctic Dave]

57. Against Romney.

The President isn't really anything special, IMHO he is a disappointment.

[longship]

59. Fucking FOR Obama!

Anybody voting merely against Romney maybe doesn't really see a difference. That is one of the reasons why somebody as idiotic as Romney even stands a chance of getting to the White House.

It is the same fucking logic that gave us the fucking tea bag take over of the US House of Representatives.

Oh dear!!! Both parties are just the same! Oh Dear! I don't know who to vote for. I think I'll stay home.

Well, if you think that way, you're going to get what the fucking idiots want.

I reject your argument. There is always a choice. It may not be the choice you want. But the choice remains. Either choose one, or shut the fuck up. If you don't like the choices, run as precinct delegate yourself and fucking get into the pond yourself.

I don't know if you've done this. But I get sick and tired of this, "I don't like Obama, but..." rhetoric here.

He's our president and our candidate. If you don't like him, I don't know what to say other than maybe you are posting on the wrong forum.

Your concern is noted... and rejected.

[truebluegreen]

98. Disagree

If someone "merely voting against Romney maybe doesn't really see a difference" why would he/she vote against him? Flip a coin?

I don't hate Obama and I think he was handed a pile of steaming dog poop but IMHO he didn't do a Great Job dealing with it, he has been Very Slow to learn the important facts about the batshitcraziness of the opposition and Even Slower to spot the craziness in his own advisors' policiies (austerity anyone? anyone? grand bargains? bah).

He was emphatically NOT the guy we needed in '08, and I have hopes for SOME improvement, but I still don't think he's what we need now.

[longship]

100. But Obama was the candidate we had in 08.

That was the Dem choice, and it wasn't that close.

And I too thought he handled his first term not too well. But he was the president, not me, and not you. He made the decisions he made because of the Congressional environment he inherited. He paid for that apparent miscue in 2010, I think.

But regardless, he is our candidate and we need to support him. He has learned a lot in four years. His second term will undoubtedly be more aggressive, as he will no longer have to consider reelection.

These reasons, as well that I both like him and trust him, are why I fully support the guy. After a lifetime involved in politics, I don't expect perfection in these matters.

You play the hand you're dealt. If you don't like it, that's too bad. You still have to play the damned thing. How can anybody be anything but FOR Obama?

[CakeGrrl]

60. FOR OBAMA

[jaxx]

61. I will vote FOR President Obama.

He has done a great job and well deserves 4 more years. It's really annoying to see people disregard the total obstruction by the GOP since the night of the inauguration when the Luntz group decided to say no to everything, along with McConnell's statement that the wingers one goal was to make PBO a one-term president.

We're damned lucky anything got done.

[warrior1]

62. For Obama

He's been a great president.

[Foolacious]

65. 90% for Obama, 10% against Romney n/t

[former-republican]

66. What choice is there

I'm disappointed in the Presidents stances on Afghanistan.
His support of the Patriot act was really a bad choice.
His compromise on not pushing harder for a single payer health care system.
His increased support of Israel ( this is going to get us in another war)

It's President Obama or Romney
Choice is easy for me . Vote for Obama

[Bryan]

67. Both!

I get to cast another vote for the best American President of my lifetime, and I get to tell Mitt Romney where he can stick it.

[treestar]

74. +1

[Number23]

104. +2 Excellent response!

[bushisanidiot]

70. 100% enthusiastically for President Obama

And being an exmormon, I am actually more afraid of Romney (and the Mormon church) being in charge of the country than I ever was of George w.

[ibegurpard]

72. For Obama

despite how disappointed I've been with his policy on education and the healthcare debate.
I like what he's saying now and hope he'll actually follow through this time.
Anti-Romney is a given.

[treestar]

73. Both

I think Obama is a good President. I really want him to have a second term. Than again, I am always voting against Republicans. I would vote for an incumbent Democratic President even if I didn't like him.

[great white snark]

75. FOR OBAMA against blatantly divisive Op's like this.

[Logical]

76. 50/50 for me.

[Buzz Clik]

77. It's not that I don't like middle aged politicians campaigning in skinny jeans..

... but I am 100% Obama.

[geckosfeet]

78. Obama. Period. End of story.

[Siwsan]

79. 100% FOR OBAMA

Not a question in my mind, or a moment's hesitation in my heart.

[CrispyQ]

80. Swing state here - voting for sanity over batshit crazy & mean.

In other words, voting Obama.

If not swing, Jill Stein.

[Progressive dog]

81. For Obama nt

Enthusiastically.

[gkhouston]

82. Hard to say. It's possible to support the President, yet hate RR with the heat of 10,000 suns. n/t

[Alduin]

83. Against Rmoney/Ryan.

Obama isn't liberal enough for me.

[outsideworld]

84. 4OBAMA

One of the best presidents we have ever had

[tularetom]

86. What the hell difference does that make?

I intend to vote for President Obama. There is no doubt in my mind that I will vote for him. Are the reasons that important? Would he not accept my vote if it were a vote against Romney instead of for Obama? I doubt it.

Why I intend to vote the way I do is very simple. It's for the good of the country.

[handmade34]

87. IMPORTANT...

In short, if you’re still disappointed in Barack Obama, it’s only because you never understood whose job it was to produce change in the first place. But don’t take out your own failings in this regard on the rest of us... Tim Wise

I am smart enough and pragmatic enough to be 100% behind President Obama!

[Wounded Bear]

88. I'm going 99% "for" President Obama and 1% "against".....

well, the 1%.

[The Magistrate]

90. I Will Vote To Defend the United States, Sir, From Creatures Like The Kochs And their Ilk

By voting for President Barack Obama.

"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."

[RagAss]

91. For Obama and ACA .

[nadinbrzezinski]

92. As I told a local hard core partisan

The man who will do the least damage... Since neither is truly interested in the little people. That be Obama...so you could say I am voting against Romney.

I am as cynical as they come, and until a few things change...we are the least of their priorities. First needed change, Benjamin's need to leave that realm.

[Pisces]

93. 100% for Pres. Obama!!!

[Suji to Seoul]

94. 60% for Obama, 40% against Rmoney

I figure Obama has given me 60% of what I want from him.

[truebluegreen]

95. Against Rmoney

No question. Although I like him as a person, Obama is still only the lesser of two evils.

[Odin2005]

96. Mostly against Romney.

[A Brand New World]

97. Totally, absolutely for President Obama!

My only complaint is Afghanistan. I want out of there sooner than later. The "we'll be out after we train their troops" excuse is too Bush-like for me. I think the Afghanis are smart enough to train themselves.

[Odd Won Out]

99. Against Romney

[Ter]

101. Against Romney, easily

I don't like Democrats who are pro-Gitmo, pro-Patriot Act, pro-NDAA/Drone, and are not anti-war. I wanted a primary challenge, too bad no one had any balls.

[Stargleamer]

102. Against Romney--the guy is so reprehensible!!

I'd use the word "despicable" but Daffy Duck took over that word.

[woodsprite]

103. Absolutely FOR Obama!!! n/t

[B Calm]

105. 100% Obama, but hoping

(but not holding my breath) he'll turn into a Bernie Sanders is second term.

[Le Taz Hot]

106. Luckily, I'm in California

and Obama leads by double digits here so I don't have to make that either/or choice.

[liberal_at_heart]

107. voting for Obama

I've heard there are a lot of liberals out there angry at Obama. I am not one of them. In a perfect world, we would have single payer health care, we would be completely out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the bank regulation would have been much, much tougher, etc. But considering that the republicans have had an agenda from the very beginning to set Obama up for complete failure I don't think he has done too bad. And even though I am a liberal I also see the need for compromise. The problem of course is that the republicans never compromise on anything so when we compromise we end up looking like we have no spine. So, do we live in a perfect world? Do we get everything we want? no. But I am pretty happy with what he has done, and would much rather see him back in office than the man who wants to decimate our social programs and give more tax breaks to the wealthy. I am voting for Obama. My husband who is an independent by the way is also voting for Obama.

[BeeBee]

110. I will proudly be voting FOR President Obama. n/t

[cynatnite]

111. Completely for President Obama! n/t

[SilveryMoon]

112. Voting against Romney

I'd rather have an actual lefty politician in the White House but it's better than Republicans.

[Art_from_Ark]

113. Against Republicans in general

Having become politically aware during the Great Society, I've seen what Democrats can accomplish when they set their minds to it. Today's Democratic Party does not impress me as the party of the Great Society, but the Republican Party is way, way off the deep end.